Despite the protests of millions of Americans, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced that it will close its activities after the White House NPR and PBS considered a “Graorg” and insisted on a senate voice that eliminated its entire budget.
The vote has withdrawn $ 1.1 billion that the congress had assigned to CPB to finance public broadcasts for taxes 2026 and 2027. In a press release, CPB explained that the cutbacks “for the first time in more than five decades” for CPB in more than five decades. “CPB president and CEO Patricia Harrison said that the company had no other choice than to prepare for closing.
“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who have called, written and requested the congress to maintain federal financing for CPB, we are now confronted with the difficult reality of closing our operations,” Harrison said.
Dishing Americans also hurried to donate to NPR and PBS stations to confront the cuts on the financing, the New York Times reported. But those donations, estimated at around $ 20 million, eventually came too little, too late on the financing that CPB lost.
Since CPB takes steps to close, “most personnel positions on September 30, 2025 will be closed with the end of the tax year.” After that, a “small transition team” “” will ensure a responsible and orderly closure of the operations “by January 2026. That team” will focus on compliance, definitive benefits and solution of financial obligations in the long term, including guaranteeing continuity for music rights and royalties that remain essential for the public media system. “
“CPB continues to work for fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care,” said Harrison.
NPR mourn loss of CPB
In a statement, NPR's President and CEO, Katherine Maher, for the loss of CPB, warned that it was a “vital source of financing for local stations, a champion of educational and cultural programming and a stronghold for independent journalism.”
